Saturday, 23 August 2014

Crows Toes Muspelheim

Happy Caturday my dear friends!!! I guess most of you know by now what a sucker I am when it comes to purple/blue/red multi-chromes so it is for sure no surprise that Crows Toes Muspelheim had to be mine, mine, mine ;-)

There were quite a number of pictures floating around when Crows Toes launched their latest collection and I was so good - I only got Muspelheim (yes, am patting my own shoulder here). Muspelheim is a beautiful purple/blue/brownish gold shifting multi-chrome with scattered holo pigments throughout.

outdoors in the sun

I posted this on Instagram - Muspelheim and my wallet look so well next to each other

I applied one coat of Crows Toes Muspelheim over KBShimmer Right as Rain except on my middle finger where I applied three coats of Muspelheim on its own. The formula was sheer as expected from those multichromes and as you can see in the above pictures, the difference whether you layer it over a similar base color or build it up on its own is minimal. The dry time was quite fast but the polish remained dentable for a good hour or so after applying the Top Coat.

Final thoughts: And now on to the fact that had me push back this post for quite some time now. The surface dries so gritty due to the holo particles. And if worn on its own it is Top Coat hungry - if I can decipher my notes correctly, I have something like three coats of Top Coat (Glisten&Glow HK Girl) over my middle finger and two coats on all others. I have to admit that this is quite a flaw in my books - there we go all the way to smoothen the surface of our nails to display multichromes at their best and then they come gritty? For me a no-go sadly because the concept and the color of Crows Toes Muspelheim is just awesome. Oh well, there cannot only be besties out there, right?

11 comments:

Wow, your pictures of this looks amazing! I loooove duochromes and this is not an exception! However I was a bit surprised to read about the grittyness..that's not okay..Hate when that happens. Off course I could forgive this polish at least even though when looking through the images again starts to imagine that the grittyness shows despite all those layers of tc. And btw, what does muspelheim means? :D

Hi sweetie!!! OK I had to google Muspelheim myself: this is from the Nordic Mythology and describes a fiery region in the South - it's opposite is Nifelheim - an icy region in the North! I had to admit that business with the grits was annoying me each time I looked at my nails - what a pity, the polish is such a beauty and would have had the same potential like Indian Summer if it would not have been for those glitters - have a great Monday xxx

Oh wow this is a stunner! I love the colour shifts! These iridescent polishes just send me into a spin - I just love them!!! :-D Looks great on you and lovely against your purse - clearly made for each other hehe ;-)

HOLY smokes! This is mindblowingly stunning (so many of these Crow's Toes seem to be... what an apt name!). I admit I tend to steer clear of Llarowe but I really, REALLY need some Crow's Toes in my liiiife!!! BUT... bummer about the texture thing. And apparently its not supposed to be textured, at least it's not marketed as such? It seems to be having an identity crisis, lol. At least it looks good while doing so ;)

Awesoooome shade! As usual, the complexity of the colours you show is always exceptional! But I did notice the grittiness and at first I thought my eyes were tricking me, that usually is a flaw for me too, specially when the polish is not supposed to be textured :/ Oh, well but it is such a unique shade!! that surely worths the extra topcoat!have a nice week ma biche! xxx

Thank you dear Nati xxx! I have to admit paying USD 13 for a bottle of Crows Toes polish makes me expecting not flaws like grittiness to that level - especially in a multichrome that lives of a smooth and even surface!!! I hope your week started well <3

Hi Christine! I'm slowly coming back to blogging, and I just realized you've been gone during this time too. I hope all is well with you, my friend? <3 This color is amazing. I love any polish with such shimmery, color-shifty goodness. :)